The country's vice president, Teodoro Nguema Obiang, spent US$300 million on mansions, a jet and luxury cars and faces money laundering charges in France and two asset forfeiture cases in the United States. Obiang's father, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, is the world's longest serving head of state, in power since a 1979 coup d'etat.

Journalist Tawanda Kanhema travels from Malibu, California to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea to interview the country's new vice president, Teodoro Nguema Obiang, who spent $300 million on mansions, a jet and luxury cars in just six years. Kanhema investigates the effects of resource conflict on human rights and development.